Dr. Jules Segal Character Analysis in The Godfather

Segal is a brilliant surgeon who worked at an East Coast university hospital before the administration blacklisted him for performing abortions, which were illegal at the time. He relocates to Las Vegas, where he takes a job as the in-house doctor at the hotel owned by Moe Greene and the Corleone Family. Despite his skillful hands and knowledge of anatomy, he is relegated to mostly performing abortions on Vegas showgirls and cocktail waitresses, many of whom Fredo Corleone recklessly impregnates. Despite his dedication to his work, Segal is a charismatic and attractive man who dresses informally. In 1950, he meets Lucy Mancini after she moves to Las Vegas following Sonny Corleone’s murder. The two begin dating and Segal discovers that Lucy has a pelvic malformation that causes her to have wide vaginal opening, making it difficult for her to orgasm during sex. He takes her to a skilled Los Angeles surgeon, Frederick Kellner, who fixes her problem. After the surgery, Jules marries Lucy. He later refers Michael Corleone to a facial surgeon who repairs the bone damage in Michael’s face that he sustained from McCluskey’s punch. In return, Michael makes Segal the head of a special hospital in Las Vegas. Segal also removes warts from Johnny Fontane’s vocal cords, saving his singing career.

Dr. Jules Segal Character Timeline in The Godfather

The timeline below shows where the character Dr. Jules Segal appears in The Godfather. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...at the Corleone Family’s hotel pool with the hotel’s resident physician, the slender, blond-haired Dr. Jules Segal. He is caressing her body as she remembers her long affair with Sonny. After... (full context)

...a resident of Las Vegas, Lucy has regained a sense of happiness and is dating Jules Segal, whom she met following a physical checkup in his hotel office. She is also... (full context)

Lucy’s romance with Dr. Jules Segal blooms quickly after her first visit to his office. His informal dress and casual... (full context)

After they make love, Jules finally learns the secret of why Lucy had refused sex for so long; Lucy has... (full context)

Since Jules now knows Lucy’s secret, he tells her his own secret. Segal was once a gifted... (full context)

Jules tells Lucy that a Los Angeles surgeon he knows can perform her surgery and she... (full context)

Jules convinces Fontane to let him examine the singer’s throat. He concludes that Fontane has a... (full context)

Following the diagnosis of warts, Fontane defensively accuses Segal of threatening his singing career by proposing surgery. An angry Segal reminds Johnny that warts... (full context)

A month has passed since Lucy’s operation, and she and Jules are celebrating by planning to make love for the first time since before she went... (full context)

...workers carry him to his room and put him to bed. A concerned Johnny calls Jules Segal to check on Nino. (full context)

Jules thanks Johnny for the check he sent, then explains that Nino has adult stabile diabetes... (full context)

Johnny knows that Jules expected the reaction, and Jules admits as much to show the severity of Nino’s alcoholism.... (full context)

...that Michael Corleone and Tom Hagen are arriving in Las Vegas. Lucy says she and Jules are having dinner with Michael, Tom, and Fredo tomorrow, and that Michael got his face... (full context)

...Johnny wants to sing but is afraid to try and risk permanently damaging his voice. Jules Segal tells him to try, but the results are “hoarse and lousy,” causing Johnny to... (full context)

...new bodyguard, Albert Neri, and Tom Hagen. That evening, Michael dines with Fredo, Tom, Lucy, Jules, Nino, and Johnny. Everyone notes how Michael resembles his father in both speech and manor.... (full context)

...“I’ll do anything for my Godfather, you know that, Mike,” Johnny responds. Next, Michael promises Jules a surgeon’s job in a special hospital under construction in Las Vegas and makes him... (full context)